Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Barkley, Virginia Knight, 1927 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ VIRGINIA KNIGHT BARKLEY Mrs. Virginia Knight Barkley of Boykins passed quietly away Thursday, August 4th in her seventy-fifth year after an illness of several months. Mrs. Barkley was a native of Southampton County and for several years lived near Newsoms. For the past few years she made her home with her son, E.M. Barkley, here. She is survived by seven sons; B.C., and B.L. Barkley of Portsmouth, C.M. and R.L. Barkley of Raleigh, H.K. of Arcadia, Florida, Joe, of Hingham, Mass., and E.M. Barkley of our town. Funeral services were conducted at Beechwood Cemetery Friday afternoon by Rev. Frank B. Handley. The body bearers were nephews of the deceased: H.F. Knight, R.C. Knight, A.L. Knight of Boykins, Jim, Frank and Roy Knight of Wakefield, Pete Knight of Courtland and H.L. Duke of Newsoms. Virginia (KNIGHT; Mrs. Thadeus M.) BARKLEY, Southampton Co. native, d. 4 Aug 1927, Franklin, age 75, interred in Beechwood Cemetery, Boykins (Annex 1, Sect. C, Plot 9/10*), 5 Aug 1927, "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Aug. 12, 1927, p. 8 *Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Beechwood list: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/beechwd.txt Additional information: Thadeus M. Barkley, 21, single, b. & res. Southampton Co., sn/o Lucinda Barkley, Farmer Rhoda N. Knight, 19, single, b. & res. Southampton Co., dt/o Thomas & Susan Knight m.lic. 30 Dec 1870, by clerk O. White; cert. signed by M.G. Knight for T.M. Barkley m. 3 Jan 1871, Southampton Co. (Southampton Co. MB1A:420; not given in M.Reg. 1853-1872) Her husband's obit ("Tidewater News," Apr. 4, 1919, p. 9) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b624t1ob.txt An abstract of his death certificate (1919-458-10266) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/deaths/b630r1dc.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b624v1ob.txt